Friday, 8 June 2007

Here Be Dragons!! or Fred's 5th Birthday

Fred likes dragons - mummy likes them too so this is what she made using the children's old jeans and lots and lots of recycled pockets!! (hence the blog name!) I found the dragon on a free colouring page from the internet and adapted it into an applique design. Fred says the dragon's name is "Stripy-Spotty" - obvious really!

He really loves it which makes mummy very happy!

When he was younger Fred (and his big sisters) stayed at Granny and Grandpa Dog's house for the first time without mummy and daddy. His aunty and uncle and two big cousins were there too. Amazingly (well mummy and daddy thought so) Fred not only went to bed (very unusual) but also stayed in his own bed all night (WOW) and in the morning Aunty Ally told him he was a superstar or as he used to say - "doopadar" - which made him very proud. This saying has continued and so a star garland was an obvious present!

Because I had made his birthday card I had a sudden panic when I realised he would be going to school without a birthday badge so I made him this rosette.

This picture is for my big sister - Aunty Ally -

to show her how pleased Fred was with his Phlat Ball.

And finally some photos of how much the allotment has grown over the last few weeks. It has been completely neglected as I have spent my time being creative and I clearly can't do more than one thing at a time! So everything, including the weeds has grown loads.

P.S Went to the allotment today and finally the sun came out - so now I'm sunburnt - AGAIN!

Oh wow Lucy!!! That dragon cushion is sooo cute and the card is just to die for! What a lovely idea and a lovely gift - your kiddies are so lucky to get such love filled and precious gifts - precious things to treasure in years to come - just lovely!